Fountain-brush



C. A. GARVEY.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH..

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21. |919.

1,318,066. Patented oct. 7,1919.

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CHRISTPHER A. GARVEY, 0F CLAYTON, MISSOURI.

FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '7, 1919.

Applicationled April 21, 1919. Serial No. 291,77'3.l

To all whom t may 'concern Be it known that I, CHRis'rorHER A. GAR- vnY, a citizen. of the United VStates of America, a resident of Clayton, `in the county of St. Louis, Stateof liissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FountainBrushes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of. `this speciication.

My invention relates to an: improvement in fountain brushes or marking devices, and pertains particularly tomeans for controling the How of liquid from the reservoir of a device of this kind. The object of the present invention is to provide avalve at the outlet from the reservoir adapted to open in'response to movement of the device when in use, and means coperable with said valve operable in response to use of the device adapted to hold it in closed position when the device is not being operated, although held idly in the hand in different positions.

Figure I is an elevation of my device illustrated in the form of a stencil brush.

Fig. II is a longitudinal section, partly in elevation'. Y

Fig. III is a view, Vpartly in elevationand partly in longitudinal section, including the brush tip and the .lower end of the reservoir,

in inclined position to illustrate the positions assumed by the `valve and the valve controlling device when the brush is merely tilted to one side.

Fig. IV is a cro IV-IV, Fig. II.

V-V, Fig. II.

In the drawings, I have shown my device in theform of a fountain brush suitable for stenciling or other purposes wherein a brush tip is required and will describe the device as of this form. It will, however, be understood that any other desirable form of marking tip might be utilized in lieu of that shown.

A designates the reservoir of my fountain brush which is intended to serve also as a handle by which the marking device is manipulated. At the lower end of the reservoir is a discharge device B containing a cavity and to which the tip C is secured. In the discharge device, above the j is a valve pocket l, at the bottom pocket to the cavity b s section takenV on line of which is a valve seat member 2 provided with a discharge orifice 3 providing communication between the valve pocket l and the cavity b. The valve pocket l communi- Cates with the interior of the reservoir A, as will be hereinafter fully explained.

4 designates a valve head resting on the valve seat member 2 and having a pendant or pendulum stem 5 extending through the aperture 3 in the valve seat member and into the cavity The valve stem 5 is adapted to vibrate in said cavity b when the brush is moved to andffro and by vibrating acts to tilt the valve head 4 on the valve seat memberQ with an intermittent motion which will permit flow of liquid past the valve head from the valve each time the valve is opened by the tilting motion.

In the upper end of the valve pocket l is a centrally apertured disk 6, the aperture 1n` said disk bein'g in alinement with the discharge orifice 3 in the valve seat member 2.

designates a valve controlling device by which the tilting of the valve head 4 on the valve seat is governed. This valve controlling device comprises a head 7 located in the valve pocket l against the valve head 4, and a stem 8 extending upwardly from said head 7 through the apertured disk and into the reservoir A, thestem preferably terminating in a weighted upper end 9. The head?` of the controlling preferably notched at its periphery to permit a ready flow of liquid past said head in the valve pocket.

In the practical useof Imy fountain brush it is manipulated by grasping the reservoir Fig. V 1s a cross section taken on l1ne A and using it as a handle as usual and the brush is moved first in one direction and then in an opposite as a natural consequence of its use. During the repeated movements of the device in one direction and then in the opposite direction the valve controlling device E tilts backwardly and forwardly, and each time that it tilts the valve head 4 is permitted to tilt under the influence of the stem 5 depending therefrom. The result is a succession of valve unseating oper` ations while the brush is being wielded and an intermittent flow of liquid from the reservoirC to the cavity b and therefrom to the ti 1ift will be understood from theforegoing that the valve controlling device E operates s manner to permit he operation of the device isl valve controlling the discharge orifice in the valve seat member. However, if the marking device is held inthehand ivithout movement, even though in an inclined position as seen in Fig. III, the valve controlling 'i absence of the valve controllingdevice E.

The apertured=disk 6 prete 'ably has screw threaded engagement with the Wall oi' the valve pocket lithereby providing for the adjust-ment ofthis disk relative to the head of the valvecontrolling device E in order that the degree ottilting movementV of" said device may be regulated Withconsequent regulation of: the degree to which the valve may open.

I claim:

l. A device of the character described comprising zu reservoir, a valve scat member'having a discharge oriiice for the escape of the contents of' said reservoir, a valve controlling saidl orice tiltable in response to to and fromovements of the device, and ai second independently tiltable means c0- acting withy said valveV whereby ,its tilting movement' is controlled. v

2Q A device ofv4 the character described comprising a reservoir, a valve seat inem ber having a discharge1 orifice permitting escape of liquid yfrom saidrescrvoir, a valve eontroll'ingsaid orifice tiltable infresponse to to and fro-movements ofy the device, and an independently tiltable valve controlling member above. said valve operable in responseto tilting oit' said reservoir.

3. A device of: the character described comprising a reservoir, `a valve seat member having a discharge oriiice permitting the escape of liquid? from said' reservoir, a valve resting on sai-d valve seat member tiltable in response to to and fro movements of the device, andan independently tiltable valve controlling member comprising a head contacting With said valve and a stem carried by saidheach 4. A` device of the comprising a reservoir, ber having a discharge orifice permitting escape ofiliquid from said reservoir, a valve tiltable on said valve seat member in respense to to and fro movements of the device, an independent valve controlling member tiltable inrespense to to and fro movecharacter described a valve seat memments of the device, and adjustable meansyin' contact with said valve head and-` a stem extending upwardly from said headl 6. A device of the lcharacter described comprising areservoir,,al valve seat member having a discharge orifice permitting escape of liquid from said reservoir, a valve headrestingon said .valve seatmemben and having a F stein depending therefrom through said oriice and an independent valve controlling: device tiltably Varianged above saidV valve head, said controlling. de-

-vice comprising ahead loosely tted tofsaid valve head and: a stem extending upwardly from said head, and an apertured screw disk above said valve seat member through which the stem of said controlling device extends and by: Which the tilting movement ofsaid controlling device is regulated.v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aiiix my signature.

CHRISTOPHER A. GARVEY.

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